This volume contains the following manuscripts described as either an Inaugural Dissertation or an Inaugural Essay presented to the University of Maryland for the Degree of "Doctor of Medicine" or "Doctor of Physic" : The Rational Treatment of Gonorrhoea / by Nelson, George F. (no title page) ; Scarlatina / by Highberger, William T. ; Typhoid Fever / by Battaile, George S. (noteworthy calligraphy) ; Physiological and Therapeutical Actions of Digitalis / by Wimberley, George L. Jr. ; Epidemics / by Macon, Philemon J. ; Fractures of the Lower Extremity / by Withers, H. D. ; Pneumonia / by McStevenson, J. (no title page) ; Alcohol / by Tussey, A. Edgar ; Bacteria and Heterogenesis / by Rolando, Henry ; Anaesthetics / by Pender, W. Dorsey ; Digestion / by Muncaster, Magruder ; The Kidney and Its Function / by Nelson, William Joseph (noteworthy calligraphy) ; Materia Medica, Physiological Action, and Therapeutic Uses of Ergot / by Marriott, Henry B. ; Typhoid Fever / by Moore, Edwin G. ; Acute and Chronic Nephritis / by Newman, J. F. ; Scarlatina / by Pearson, Charles L. ; Etiology of Locomotor Ataxia / by Jones, William J. ; Strabismus / by Harris, James C.